: Professor Simon writes with a sense of humor and excitement, explicitly stating his goal was to create a textbook that is "inspiring and entertaining". Key Features
: Covers the Einstein/Debye models of specific heat and Drude/Sommerfeld theories of electrons.
The Oxford Solid State Basics: Simon, Steven H. - Amazon.com
: Explores chemical bonding, reciprocal space, diffraction, and mean field theories of magnetism.
: The book begins by framing solid state physics through the "quantum revolution," specifically how the study of heat capacity led to major breakthroughs.
: Professor Simon writes with a sense of humor and excitement, explicitly stating his goal was to create a textbook that is "inspiring and entertaining". Key Features
: Covers the Einstein/Debye models of specific heat and Drude/Sommerfeld theories of electrons.
The Oxford Solid State Basics: Simon, Steven H. - Amazon.com
: Explores chemical bonding, reciprocal space, diffraction, and mean field theories of magnetism.
: The book begins by framing solid state physics through the "quantum revolution," specifically how the study of heat capacity led to major breakthroughs.
